Lake County Opinion
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Salaries, pensions strap universitiesMar 21, 2012 5:00 am - In a Fence Post letter of March 5, a University of Illinois-Chicago official, Mr. Mark Rosati, attempted to justify tuition increases at the College of Medicine. He stat...
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We can’t get truth about gas pricesMar 21, 2012 1:00 am - I wish someone beside the figureheads from the oil companies and anyone else that has any interest in getting their pockets lined by spreading lies about why the price o...
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Support ban on use of cell phones while drivingMar 21, 2012 1:00 am - Illinois legislators are currently considering a law banning the use of handheld cellphones and driving. This law should be a no brainer. We should all be for such a sen...
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Robocalls hurt, not help, candidatesMar 21, 2012 1:00 am - Why do they keep calling? Every day between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m., unwanted phone calls. Most of them are “robo calls” from a recorded message. All of them are political. T...
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Time to change energy policyMar 20, 2012 5:24 am - Our president misses another chance to lead. Oil prices keep rising, he comments, “We cannot drill our way out.” True, it will not help today, but it will in the future....
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It’s all about preventive careMar 20, 2012 5:24 am - A century ago, Margaret Sanger and other reformers educated people on the benefits of family planning. People who heeded the message acquired the means to practice birth...
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Sports bras sign of professionalismMar 20, 2012 5:24 am - Anyone who has ever run a race understands the difficulties involved in a sport like track and field. It takes serious dedication to train every day and push your body p...
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Hasten withdrawal from AfghanistanMar 20, 2012 1:00 am - Thank you for publishing stories about the tragic killing of Afghan civilians last week. The soldier who allegedly committed these killings is another victim of a faile...
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Campaign tactic just increases racismMar 19, 2012 6:22 am - It was very disturbing to receive an email with a link to President Obama on YouTube announcing a website for African-Americans for Obama. Anyone of another ethnicity wo...
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Contraception issue masks Obama’s faultsMar 19, 2012 6:22 am - An ad hoc Democratic committee was formed just to invite Sandra Fluke to testify about the narrow issue of contraception and not the broad issue of the federal governmen...